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Introduction to
the Philosophy of
the Human Person
2st Quarter WEEK 3
Human Choices

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Marlon Q. Tiña
Rogelio DG. Burce

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HUMSS – Grade 11
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Introduction to
the Philosophy of
the Human Person
Quarter 2 – WEEK 3
Human Choices

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I.OBJECTIVE:

A. Content Standards:

The learner understands the human person’s freedom.

B. Performance Standards:

The learner shows situations that demonstrate freedom of choice and the
consequences of choices.
C. Most Essential Learning Competency:
Show situations that demonstrate freedom of choice and the consequences of
their choices.
D. Learning Objectives:
At the end of this module the students will be able to:

1. Understand the relationship of freedom to responsibility.

2. Compare life with and without freedom.
3. Shows how to live a responsible life.

EXPECTATION

This module will equip you with the necessary content knowledge, skills, and
competencies about the human freedom that you can apply in understanding and
analyzing, proposing solutions, decision-making, alternatives, and is actively engaged
in doing philosophy in all aspects of your life.
You read and understand carefully each part of the module so that you can be
able to answers various activities that will help you develop your potentials in
understanding the lesson.
In this module, you will be able to understand human freedom with choices. At
the end of this, you will be also expected to determine the consequences of your
choices.
There are various activities prepared by the writer/s that will help you
understand the human choices and responsibility. It is hoped that you will learn to
value the knowledge and wisdom of this module.

PRE-TEST

Direction: Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Shade the circle
on the right side which corresponds to your answer.
1. A deep inner awareness of right or wrong. a b c d
a. imagination c. conscience

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 b. self-awareness d. independent will
2. An ability to act free of all other influences. a b c d
a. imagination c. conscience
b. self-awareness d. independent will
3. The ability to create in our minds beyond our present reality. a b c d
a. imagination c. conscience
b. self-awareness d. independent will
4. An ability to understand one’s feeling, attitude, motives and a b c d
other personal conditions.
a. imagination c. conscience

b. self-awareness d. independent will

5. A person who is not easily affected by his/her surroundings a b c d
or external events.
a. circle of influence c. circle of concern
b. reactive person d. proactive person
6. A person is who easily affected by his/her surroundings or events. a b c d
a. circle if influence. c. circle of concern
b. reactive person d. proactive person
7. These are some things over which we have real control and a b c d
others that we can do something about.
a. circle of influence c. circle of concern
b. reactive person d. proactive person
8. These are some things over which we have no real control and a b c d
others that we can do nothing about.
a. circle of influence c. circle of concern
b. reactive person d. proactive person
9. It refers to an person’s initiatives usually based on motivations, a b c d
intensions or goals.
a. stimulus c. destiny
b. imagination d. response
10. It refers to the external factors such as events or environment. a b c d
a. stimulus c. destiny
b. imagination d. response

LOOKING BACK

Identify the different kinds of freedom in the following. Write PH if it refers to

Physical Freedom PS, if to Psychological Freedom and MO, if to Moral Freedom.

____ 1. It upholds human dignity and goodness.

____ 2. It refers to the absence of any physical restraint.

____ 3. It is also called freedom of choice.

____ 4. It allows a person to act and move in a determined manner.

____ 5. It is humans natural inclination for what is true and good.

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 INTRODUCTION OF THE LESSON

Our lesson focuses on the relationship of human freedom to responsibility.

Let’s face it, life can be challenging. We all have things in our life that
challenges us especially our freedom and its relationship with responsibility– whether
it is people, situations or the environment we live in.

What is the relationship of freedom and responsibility?

I. The Freedom Model: Are you Proactive or Reactive?
One of the highly sought speaker and self-improvement author today is Stephen
R. Covey. In his bestselling book he enumerated seven habits of highly effective people.
The first in his list is being proactive. According to him, there are two kinds of people –
the reactive and proactive. Highly proactive people recognize the true meaning of the
word responsibility –“response-ability” – the ability to choose your response. While the
reactive people are easily affected and controlled by their social environment, by the
“social wheather.” When people treat them well, they feel well; when people don’t, they
become defensive or protective. Let’s look at his Proactive Model below.

The Proactive Model

Freedom
Stimulus (environment, Response (based on your
culture, events and
conditions)
To Choose motivations, intensions and
goals)

We have self-awareness – an ability to understand one’s feeling, attitude, motives and other
personal conditions. An imagination – the ability to create in our minds beyond our present reality.
Conscience –deep awareness of right and wrong. An independent will – the ability to act based on our
self-awareness, free from all influences.
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II. Freedom Circle: The Circle of Concern vs The Circle of Influence
In the book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” Stephen R. Covey
also talked about the revolutionary concept of Circle of Concern and Circle of
Influence.
As we look at those things within our Circle of Concern, it becomes apparent that
there are some things over which we have no real control and others that we can do
nothing about. We could identify those concerns in the latter group by circumscribing
them within the smaller Circle of Influence.
By determining which of these two circles is the focus of most our time and
energy, we can discover much about the degree of our proactivity.

Circle of

Circle of

Circle of Influence Circle of

Influence

Concern

Concern

PROACTIVE FOCUS (Positive REACTIVE FOCUS (negative

energy enlarges the Circle of energy reduces the Circle of
Influence) Influence)
Proactive people focus their effort in the circle of influence. They work on the things they can
do something about. The nature of their energy is positive, enlarging and magnifying, causing their Circle
of Influence to increase.

Reactive people, on the other hand, focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern. They focus on
the weakness of the other people, the problem in the environment, and circumstances over which they
have no control. Their focus results in blaming and accusing attitudes, reactive language, and increase
feelings of victimization. The energy generated by the focus, combined with neglect in areas they could
do something about, causes their Circle of Influence to shrink.

How can I exercise freedom in a responsible and beneficial manner?

Roberto D. Abella in his book, Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person gave us at least
three ways to exercise freedom in a responsible and beneficial manner.

1. Freedom should be exercised with control and a recognition of reasonable limits. We set limits to
our own freedom and learn to moderate or control our thought, emotions, and actions depending on
the situation.

2. It should also be exercised with regard for knowledge and truth. As rational beings, it is natural for
us to think before we act. We use our freedom to act and acquire more knowledge, and we use this
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situations.

3. We should recognize and uphold not only our individual freedom but also the freedom of others.

As human persons, our nature drives us to uphold human dignity and goodness. This view has led to the
assertion that freedom is a recognized and guaranteed right for for all persons
 What’s More (Activity)
Activity 1: Best Representations of Freedom
Give your own opinion which best represents freedom in different ways.

Representation of Freedom Explanation

1. Symbol ex. freely flying

ex. dove

2. Idea ex. written document about freedom

ex. constitution

3. Color ex. shows courage necessary for freedom

ex. red

4. Letter ex. name of revolutionary movement ‘kkk’

ex. k

Guide Question:
1. What is the most significant representation in all of them? Explain
2. How you come up with your best representation?
3. What makes your considerations of freedom representations difficult?

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 Let’s apply it!
Activity 2- Personal Freedom Circle
Draw and list at least three conditions which you considered as your present
“Circle of Concern” and another three as your “Circle of Influence.” Give necessary
steps which you can surely accomplish to change or improve it. Write them in the
appropriate place.
Ex. Circle of Concern (outer) – bad behavior of your sister or neighborhood
Circle of Influence (inner) - befriend instead of quarreling with them
Rubrics

Activity 3: Circle of Influence

Contact your neighborhood or barangay to plan and implement of at least one
possible project to influence your community. Ex. Clean-up drive

Name of Target Date and Possible Resources and Results

your Time of Projects Partners
Barangay Implementation

1.

2.

CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

What Words I CAN Associate with this?
Let’s compare again some of the most significant concepts in our lesson today.
Try to give at least three keys words which associated with each of them.

1. Proactive people

Key associated words: __________ ____________ ______________

2. Reactive people

Key associated words: ___________ _____________ ________________

3. Circle of Concern

Key associated words: ___________ ______________ _________________

4. Circle of Influence

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 Key associated words: _____________ ______________ _________________

POST TEST
I. Write PR if it refers to proactive people and RE, if to reactive people.
______ 1. Lewis has become a drug user after he was left by his wife and children.
______ 2. In spite of growing up in a broken family, Hilda still managed to finish her
studies with high honors.
______ 3. Unfortunately, many people choose to commit suicide than coping-up with
their difficulties in life.
______ 4. Jerry was awarded with “sportsmanship” because he always maintains his
composure even in the midst of a very physical harsh game.
______ 5. Christopher has courageously decided to face all the charges against him
instead of hiding in a distant place.
______ 6. Every Monday, mother Christine has been very stressfully with her two little
children.
______ 7. Ma’am Abby was the most favorite teacher in preschool because of his
kindness to all her student even to the most difficult one.
______ 8. Danny is a very notorious barangay chairman who angrily shouting and
punishing those who will break every rules in their community.
______ 9. Nanay Gina has still managed to finish her study in high school even at her
older age.
______ 10. Peer pressure and too much media exposure are the common reasons of
falling into vices and sexual temptations by most teenagers.

B. Match column A with the column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the space provided

Column A Column B
_______ 11. The circle part which represents the area of a. model
influence.
b. outer
_______ 12. The reactive person was easily affected by
this identification of events.
c. external
_______ 13. The circle part which represents the area of
concern. d. internal

_______ 14. The proactive person was properly e. inner

controlled by this identification of condition.

_______ 15. The pattern created for explaining the

different freedom conditions.

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 ENRICHMENT
Congratulations! You are almost done becoming a responsible person. Reflect
and answer this question, what do you think are some of the most significant learning
in today’s lesson on Freedom and Responsibility? Give at least two possible answers in
different areas.
What do you think are some of the most significant learning in today’s lesson on
Freedom and Responsibility? Give at least two possible answers in different areas.
1. As student
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2. As member of family
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